creeping in
- sneakingMoving to avoid detection
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- lurkingConcealed and watchful
- inchingMoving very gradually
stealing · tiptoeing · seeping · infiltrating · encroaching · edging · worming · sliding · shadows · quiet · slow · gradual · unnoticed · subtle · darkness · dawn · doubt · fear
- becoming establishedrooting, settling, entrenchment, embedding, taking hold
- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
direction of movement
creeping increeping out
Causing uneasy discomfort
sneaking out · stealing away · withdrawing · retreating · backing out
presence vs. absence
creeping infading away
Gradual disappearance from perception
receding · ebbing · dissipating · vanishing · disappearing